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Breitbart and Reddit were outliers in primary election

A Pew survey shows people from both parties used the same sources of information during the primary with the exception of two outlets.

Breitbart: When asked about digital news sources only, 16% of Republican Trump supporters in the primary said they used Breitbart regularly for news, compared with 8% of non-Trump primary Republicans.

Reddit: Four percent of non-Clinton Democrats named Reddit as their primary news source during the primary compared to 0% of pro-Clinton Democrats.

Our thought bubble: We're not surprised by this. Steve Bannon's Breitbart was a populist voice during the primary season, which is why its audience resonated with Trump's message. Reddit use amid non-Clinton Democrats makes sense given that the site reaches mostly millennials and as Pew notes in their findings, non-Clinton Democrats lean much younger than pro-Clinton Democrats.

Protesters gather north of Lafayette Square near the White House during a demonstration against racism and police brutality, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have been rallying in cities across the U.S. and around the world to protest the killing of George Floyd. Huge crowds assembled in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Chicago for full-day events on Saturday.